Disposable insert panty garment



Nov. 24, 1953 o. ERTESZEK 2,660,173

DIsPosABLE INSERT PANTY GARMENT Filed Feb. 4, 1952 1N V EN TOR. RM1 mrme/vsy.

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Patented Nov. 24, 41953 I AUNITI-:D STATES DISPOSABLE INSERT PANTYGARMENT Olga Erteszek, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application February 4, 1952, Serial N o. 269,777

(c1. V12s- 288) Claims.

This invention has to do generally with Womens panties and panty-typegirdles, and particu- ,larly with improvements in the kind having acrotch opening and adapted to contain a removable insert which normallycloses the openlng.

YWhile applicable generally `to panty garments,

the invention will be described typically with respect to panty-typegirdles.

Certain of my major objects are predicated upon the concept of providingthe panty with a disposable crotch insert, the latter being disposablenot only by reason of its mode of attachment but by reason of thecharacteristics and Specifically, it

form of the insert, and the particular kind of 2 garment-carriedfastener means which is used for the purpose of properly and securelyretaining the insert notwithstanding that it may be made of aninherently weak material.

While it is contemplated that the inserts may be made of anysuitablematerial 4characterized by 'its disposabilityas indicated, I find itconvenient to use a cellulosic sheet material having a loose orunwovenbrous structure contributing to the disintegrability of thematerial in Water. To give strength to an otherwise excessively weakbrous structure, the material may contain appropriate reinforcement,such as an open weave fabric in the nature of cheesecloth.

It is found that the insert may effectively be heldV in place byfasteners of a type acting to detachably clamp against opposite surfacesof the insert and received within openings in the insert. For thispurpose I may secure to the gir- 'dle about the crotch opening,` spacedsnap-type fasteners so mounted as to permit reception of the insertbetween the sections of the fasteners, with the latter received Withinopenings in the insert material. Preferably in mounting the fasteners Iuse fold-over tabs or short tapes each carrying the spaced sections ofan individual fastener, one end of the tab being secured to the garment,With the opposite end of the tab free to fold over the insert and bringthe fastener sections into engaging positions,

For use with this fastener arrangement, the inserts may be madeavailable very economically as single die-cut pieces containing openingsspaced in accordance with the fastener arrangement about the crotchopening, all in a manner such that the inserts may be secured Within andremoved from the garment very simply.

All the features and objects of the invention, as well as the details ofa typical and illustrative embodiment, will be understood more fullyfrom the following description of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view showing in front elevation a typical pantie girdleconstruction embodying the invention; v

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1through the crotch;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a View showing the disposable insert.

First it should be understood that the invention is applicable to vanyof various pantie girdle constructions, and that the type and form shownin Fig. l is to be regarded merely as illustrative of various particularforms to which the invention is adaptable. The body I0 of the girdlepreferably is made of suitable woven or knitted elastic material, as forexample the kind having transversely or horizontally extending elastic Ithreads joined by a knit-type Weave so that the body of the girdle iselastic both horizontally and vertically. The front of the garment andalso the rear if desired, may contain any suitable insert, such as thediamondshaped panel I I, having Vlittle or no horizontal elasticity, butwhich is elastic vertically of the girdle. At the bottom, the garmentcontains the usual leg openings at I2 at opposite sides of the elasticcrotch piece I3. The crotch contains an opening I4 extended in the planeof the section line 2-2, as best illustrated in Fig. 2.

The crotch opening I4 normally is closed by a removable and disposableinsert I5 .having preferably the general shape characteristicsillustrated in Fig. 4. The insert I5 is shown to have the form of anelongated material proportioned to overlie the body material of thegirdle at the inside of the crotch opening I4, and beyond its sides andends. While the invention contemplates broadly the use of an insert madecf any suitable disposable material, characterized by at least partialdisintegrability in water, the insert as illustrated in Fig. 4 is shownto be made of a die cut cellulosic sheet stock, partly of randon orunwoven cellulose fiber composition which tends to disintegrate inwater, and appropriate reinforcement to give the material adequatestrength under normal conditions of use in the garment. Thus thematerial I5 is shown to be composed of an open

